blueflyer
Well Known Member
Odyssey says their battery charger will not keep my odyssey battery charged during ground avionics usage.
So, from reading the archives I understand that I don't want to use a cheapo battery charger because once the battery is fully charged the charger will sometimes supply a spike of amps to the battery.
Also read where el cheapo battery chargers supply "dirty" DC and the avionics like "clean" voltage....and I see that the airplane battery can act as a buffer to keep the volts steady during ground power operations.
So, I checked several battery charger spec sheets on the net, but I don't see where they talk about the potential amps supplied once a battery is fully charged.
Long story short is that I'm still confused. So, Here's my questions:
1) When folks are running their high $$$ avionics on the ground for testing/software, etc, what charger are you connecting to your battery in order to keep your battery from getting drained?
2) or, how do you test your avionics without draining the battery?
I see where the Stanley unit goes into float charge once the battery is fully charged and some knucklehead on youtube claims to have tested the battery once it was fully charged and there were no spikes. Knucklehead said a steady 300-500mah once in float mode. Sounds like a good product if our knucklehead is correct, right?
So, from reading the archives I understand that I don't want to use a cheapo battery charger because once the battery is fully charged the charger will sometimes supply a spike of amps to the battery.
Also read where el cheapo battery chargers supply "dirty" DC and the avionics like "clean" voltage....and I see that the airplane battery can act as a buffer to keep the volts steady during ground power operations.
So, I checked several battery charger spec sheets on the net, but I don't see where they talk about the potential amps supplied once a battery is fully charged.
Long story short is that I'm still confused. So, Here's my questions:
1) When folks are running their high $$$ avionics on the ground for testing/software, etc, what charger are you connecting to your battery in order to keep your battery from getting drained?
2) or, how do you test your avionics without draining the battery?
I see where the Stanley unit goes into float charge once the battery is fully charged and some knucklehead on youtube claims to have tested the battery once it was fully charged and there were no spikes. Knucklehead said a steady 300-500mah once in float mode. Sounds like a good product if our knucklehead is correct, right?